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In­ter­na­tional relations

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International relations is the study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and other units in the international system.

Further reading

Jackson, Robert H., Georg Sørensen & Jørgen Møller (2022) Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, 8th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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41 points
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gb20 Nov 2023 6:01 UTC
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Prevent­ing a US-China war as a policy priority

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DavidZhang29 Sep 2021 8:24 UTC
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Michael Kehoe3 Nov 2021 7:28 UTC
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2 comments1 min readEA link

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kbog20 Jan 2020 21:52 UTC
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MichaelA🔸6 Feb 2021 11:10 UTC
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Eevee🔹16 Aug 2020 6:56 UTC
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6 comments1 min readEA link
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jia18 May 2020 7:17 UTC
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EA Global21 Nov 2020 8:12 UTC
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In­ter­na­tional Re­la­tions; States, Ra­tional Ac­tors, and Other Ap­proaches (Policy and In­ter­na­tional Re­la­tions Primer Part 4)

Davidmanheim22 Jan 2020 8:29 UTC
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Jaime Yas­sif: Re­duc­ing global catas­trophic biolog­i­cal risks

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EA Global2 Jun 2017 8:48 UTC
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Notes on “The Myth of the Nu­clear Revolu­tion” (Lie­ber & Press, 2020)

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51 points
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74 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
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12 points
6 comments3 min readEA link
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17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
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Aaron Goldzimer26 Nov 2024 3:07 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readEA link
(snyder.substack.com)

Should Effec­tive Altru­ism be at war with North Korea?

BenHoffman5 May 2019 1:44 UTC
−14 points
8 comments5 min readEA link
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[Doc­toral sem­i­nar] Chem­i­cal and biolog­i­cal weapons: In­ter­na­tional in­ves­tiga­tive mechanisms

ncmoulios17 Nov 2022 12:26 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.asser.nl)

Ba­sic game the­ory and how you can do a bunch of good in ~3 Hours. (de­vel­op­ing ar­ti­cle.)

Wes Reisen10 Oct 2024 4:30 UTC
−3 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

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HTC30 Aug 2022 4:27 UTC
30 points
1 comment18 min readEA link

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Dale23 Apr 2020 1:25 UTC
28 points
4 comments3 min readEA link
(acoup.blog)

Tak­ing Self-Deter­mi­na­tion Seriously

kbog27 Nov 2020 13:49 UTC
19 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

In­for­ma­tion in risky tech­nol­ogy races

nemeryxu2 Aug 2022 23:35 UTC
15 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

The in­ter­sec­tion of for­eign aid and EA: a U.S. case study

ljusten8 Jan 2021 20:57 UTC
19 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

Dani Nedal: Risks from great-power competition

EA Global13 Feb 2020 22:10 UTC
20 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

The NPT: Learn­ing from a Longter­mist Suc­cess [Links!]

DannyBressler20 May 2021 0:39 UTC
66 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Ret­ro­spec­tive Case Study of Com­mu­nity Build­ing Land­scape in China | Run­ning Arete Fel­low­ship in NYU Shanghai

arghyas9 Jul 2024 18:35 UTC
18 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

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Center for AI Safety2 May 2024 16:12 UTC
21 points
5 comments8 min readEA link
(newsletter.safe.ai)

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Siya Sawhney18 Jul 2024 16:23 UTC
5 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

U.S. EAs Should Con­sider Ap­ply­ing to Join U.S. Diplomacy

abiolvera17 May 2022 17:14 UTC
115 points
22 comments8 min readEA link

Amer­ica & the Shape of the Far Future

Aidan Fitzsimons9 Jan 2023 6:03 UTC
8 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

🇺🇳We can make world lead­ers agree on moral val­ues THIS YEAR. (ac­cord­ing to ex­perts I spoke to)

Wes Reisen13 Oct 2024 1:37 UTC
−5 points
26 comments7 min readEA link

Gaps in Deter­rence The­ory Episte­mol­ogy, RCT Short­com­ings, and a Pro­posal for Ac­tion Alignment

Garrett Ehinger17 Feb 2023 18:46 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Could Rus­sia ukraine be pul­ling the wool over the west eyes?

Jazbingle23 Feb 2023 19:44 UTC
−10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

US House Vote on Sup­port for Ye­men War

Radical Empath Ismam12 Dec 2022 2:13 UTC
−4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(theintercept.com)

Stu­art Rus­sell Hu­man Com­pat­i­ble AI Roundtable with Allan Dafoe, Rob Re­ich, & Ma­ri­etje Schaake

Mahendra Prasad11 Feb 2021 7:43 UTC
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Guess, ask or tell?

dEAsign19 Oct 2023 21:52 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Please help me find a job/​ internship

levav ferber tas8 Mar 2022 15:24 UTC
10 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Oper­a­tions Deep Dive: OHASIS

Weaver7 Jun 2022 15:08 UTC
9 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Scal­ing and Sus­tain­ing Stan­dards: A Case Study on the Basel Accords

Conrad K.16 Jul 2023 18:18 UTC
18 points
0 comments7 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

Call for Papers on Global AI Gover­nance from the UN

Chris Leong20 Aug 2023 8:56 UTC
36 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.linkedin.com)

[Question] What are the ar­gu­ments that sup­port China build­ing AGI+ if Western com­pa­nies de­lay/​pause AI de­vel­op­ment?

DMMF29 Mar 2023 18:53 UTC
32 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Prospects for AI safety agree­ments be­tween countries

oeg14 Apr 2023 17:41 UTC
104 points
3 comments22 min readEA link

Noah Tay­lor: Devel­op­ing a re­search agenda for bridg­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk and peace and con­flict studies

EA Global21 Jan 2021 16:19 UTC
21 points
0 comments20 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Tax Havens and the case for Tax Justice

Alex Barnes 15 Sep 2020 18:06 UTC
60 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Should you pur­sue an MA de­gree in In­ter­na­tional Re­la­tions?

Shaan Shaikh20 Oct 2024 22:45 UTC
21 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risks Con­ven­tion: pos­si­bil­ities to act

Manfred Kohler17 Oct 2024 17:35 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readEA link

In­ter­na­tional co­op­er­a­tion as a tool to re­duce two ex­is­ten­tial risks.

johl@umich.edu19 Apr 2021 16:51 UTC
28 points
4 comments23 min readEA link
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